Antifriction-bearing compound.



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FREDERICK C. WINKLER, OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

ANTIFRICTION-ZBEARING- COMFOUND.

N Drawing.

Yb all whom it may concern lie it known that I, Funnnmcx C. WINK- Lica, citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Victoria, in the Province of BritislnColumbia, Canada, have invented a new .I and useful Antifriction-Bearing Compound, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an anti-friction composition for use in engine or machine bearings but susceptible of adaptation to any purpose, such as for piston or piston rod packing, where a. necessity is experienced for a strong durable anti-friction material.

The composition and the manner of preparing and applying it in use is particularly described in the following specification.

The compound consists of powdered or i'lahe graphite, magnesium carbonate and chlorid of magnesia.

The graphite is Well known as possessing anti-friction properties in a high degree and the carbonate of magnesia when reacted on with chlorid of magnesia sets as a strong hard cement that is free from abrasire action. The powdered or flake raphite and magnesium carbonate are preferably mixed in the proportion of approxii'nately half ot each by volume, and sutticient of the ehlorid of magnesia is added to form the compound into a still paste. The chlorid of magnesia reacting on the carbonate of magnesia forms, when set, a strong cement which binds the particles of graphite toget-her, and the surface of the compound, when exposed to triction, is susceptible of receiving a high polish and has a, very low Where greater strength is required, asbestos fiber may .be mixed with the compound and will bind. it together.

While in the plastic state, the compound may be molded or otherwise formed into any shape that maybe required. In the case of an ordinary shaft hearing, it may be applied direct to the recess of the bearing box and the bearing surface molded either to the shaft itself or to a corresponding form mold, In either case the molding" surface Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. so, 1912;

Application filed April 8, 1911. Serial No. 619,387.

should be accurately turned and have a highly finished, surface to give the best results; Where a heavy or variable load is to be imposed on the bearing the anti-friction material may be filled into strip recesses in the body of a bronze bearing in which case the graphite will quickly fill the pores of the bronze and film the surface of the bearing; or it may be molded into bushes, segments or plates as circumstances may require.

While I 'n-efcr to use the graphite and magnesium carbonate in equal parts say,

for example, titty parts of the graphite to titty parts of the magnesium carbonate, proportions of the ingredients may be varied within \vide limits Without departing from the spirit of the invention and the ehlorid of magnesia maybe 'diluted with water in which case, the reaction being slower, the compound will take longer to set.

T ie essential feature of the invention lies in the combination of the graphite With the carbonate of magnesia and the reduction of the same to a hard setting paste 'by the addition of chlorid of magnesia.

Having now particularly described my invention and the manner of its use, I hereby declare that What I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is: i g

1. As an anti-friction materiai, powdered 'or flake graphite bonded with magnesium carbonate cement. y

2. As an anti-friction compound, the combination of graphite and magnesium ear bonate reducedto a paste with chlorid, of magnesia.

3. An anti-friction composition composed of powdered or fiake'graphite 50 parts, as

sociated with magnesium carbonate 50 parts and chlorid ofinagnesia.

4. An anti-friction composition, consisting or" fibrous 1 cement.

5. An anti-friction composition, cons s ing of powd red, er fl ke grap ite and powdered or flake graphite With n bond and magnesium carbonate brous asbestos cemented With magnesium name to this specification in the presence carbonate combined with chlorid of mag nesia. 1

6. As an anti-friction compound, the combination of graphite and magnesium carbonate in equal parts, reduced to a paste with chlcnd of magnesia.

In testimony whereof I have signed my of two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK G. \VINKLER.

Witnesses: V

ROWLAND Bm'r'mm, NM. S. Scu'mn. 

